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April 9, 2020

Lebanon set to extend lockdown as infected expats return

Lebanon’s cabinet is set to extend the state of “general mobilisation” after a recommendation from the country’s Higher Defence Council today. The current lockdown was imposed for two weeks...

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April 9, 2020

Daesh takeover Al-Sukhna town in Syria’s Homs

Reports are emerging that Daesh have managed to take over the Syrian town of Al-Sukhna located in the northern countryside of Homs. The Syrian Air Force has reportedly carried...

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April 9, 2020

Israel tells Palestinians to use tracking app to verify their residency status

Palestinians living in Israel have been told to download an invasive app that verifies whether their residents’ permits are still valid, reported Israeli newspaper Haaretz, but the app also tracks...

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April 9, 2020

Bahrain to pay salaries of private sector employees for 3 months

The Bahraini government announced yesterday that it will spend 215 million Bahraini dinars ($570 million) on the salaries of 100,000 employees working in the private sector for a period...

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April 9, 2020

Houthi ballistic missile strikes Yemen’s Marib hours before ceasefire

Saudi state TV said that a ballistic missile was launched at the Yemeni city of Marib hours before a ceasefire was announced by the Saudi-led coalition, “despite the announcement of the...

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April 9, 2020

Yemen: UAE-backed forces detain Saudi reinforcements

Forces affiliated with the UAE-backed Southern Transitional Council (STC) have intercepted and detained Saudi military reinforcements in the Yafei district of Lahj governorate in Yemen. The reinforcements were on...

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April 9, 2020

Did the coronavirus’ message reach global titans?

Some have compared what the coronavirus caused in the world to a mini version of the Day of Judgement, where people flee from their brothers, mothers, fathers, partners, children...

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April 9, 2020

Egypt’s workers fear 2-week curfew extension

Egypt has announced that it is extending its curfew for two weeks as part of measures to defeat the coronavirus crisis. The curfew, which will extend until 23 April,...

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April 9, 2020

Tunisia to prepare four field hospitals to confront coronavirus

The Tunisian Health Minister Abdellatif Mekki said yesterday that the ministry is preparing for the worst-case scenario in confronting the coronavirus pandemic and will set up four field hospitals...

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April 9, 2020

At least 6 Egypt hospitals close as the country struggles with coronavirus pandemic

Egypt’s Heart Institute has closed to admissions after a nurse at the hospital tested positive for COVID-19. The institute’s Director Mohamed Osama said that a further 16 medics who...

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